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Paul Mazursky

1930 - 2014

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Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky (; April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014) was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated for five Academy Awards for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Harry and Tonto (1974), An Unmarried Woman (1978), and Enemies, A Love Story (1989). He is also known for directing the autobiographical Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Moon over Parador (1988), and Scenes from a Mall (1991). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Mazursky is the 629th most popular film director (up from 682nd in 2019), the 4,672nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,311th in 2019) and the 167th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Mazursky ranks 629 out of 2,041. Before him are Juraj Herz, Oskar Fischinger, Peter Hyams, Lewis Gilbert, Carmine Gallone, and Sergei Bodrov. After him are Gustav von Wangenheim, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Sergei Gerasimov, Avi Arad, Joe Johnston, and Hwang Dong-hyuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Paul Mazursky ranks 261. Before him are Taina Elg, Thomas Sowell, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonja Edström, Lothar Wolleh, and The Big Bopper. After him are Donald Moffat, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Colin McDonald, Sigge Parling, Freimut Börngen, and Borislav Pekić. Among people deceased in 2014, Paul Mazursky ranks 194. Before him are Henning Carlsen, Jean-Jacques Marcel, Angéla Németh, Josep Maria Subirachs, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, and Tomaž Šalamun. After him are Jaime Lusinchi, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Reuven Feuerstein, Carlos Borges, Theodore Van Kirk, and Käbi Laretei.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Mazursky ranks 4,672 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Miller (1912), Fred Willard (1939), Herb Ritts (1952), Michael McKean (1947), Faith Hill (1967), and Syd Mead (1933). After him are William Calley (1943), E. E. Smith (1890), Cathy Berberian (1925), Michael Jai White (1967), Ric Ocasek (1949), and Theresa Russell (1957).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Paul Mazursky ranks 167. Before him are Stan Winston (1946), Gore Verbinski (1964), Lawrence Kasdan (1949), Paul Thomas Anderson (1970), John Stagliano (1951), and Peter Hyams (1943). After him are Joe Johnston (1950), Natacha Rambova (1897), Andrew Blake (1947), Kenneth Anger (1927), Paul Scheuring (1968), and Richard Linklater (1960).

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